SUBJECT:
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Approval of a resolution authorizing the President & CEO, or his designee, to finalize and execute contracts with Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP; Clark Hill PLC; Enoch Kever PLLC; Greenberg Traurig LLP; Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP; Husch Blackwell LLP; Jackson Lewis P.C.; K&L Gates LLP; Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell LLP; Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin & Goetzel, P.C.; Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP; Ross Molina Oliveros, PC; Thompson Coburn LLP; and Winstead PC for outside legal counsel services in the aggregate amount not to exceed $3,600,000 for a three (3) year base term with three (3) one-year renewal options.
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FISCAL IMPACT:
Funding for this action is available in the FY2022 Operating Budget
STRATEGIC PLAN:
Strategic Goal Alignment:
? 1. Internal/External Customer Service Excellence ? 2. Stakeholder Engagement
? 3. Financial and Environmental Sustainability ? 4. Staff Development ? 5. Agency Growth Management
Strategic Objectives:
? 1.1 Safety & Risk ?1.2 Continuous improvement ? 1.3 Dynamic Change
?1.4 Culture of Innovation ?2.1 Be an Employer of Choice ?2.2 Organization Development
?2.3 Organization Culture ?3.1 Resource optimization ?3.2 Safety Culture
?3.3 Environmental Leadership ?4.1 Educate & Call to Action ?4.2 Build Partnerships
?4.3 Value of Transit ?4.4 Project Connect
EXPLANATION OF STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT: The provision of quality outside legal counsel services mitigates financial and legal risks to the Authority to support the improved financial health of the agency and provide the best service to the community.
BUSINESS CASE: Outside legal counsel services are required to supplement the available resources of in-house legal counsel to meet agency legal needs in a timely manner, especially in specialized areas of law requiring certain subje...
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